Henry Liverseege: A Painter Haunted by Infirmity and Inspired by Scott Henry Liverseege (4 September 1802 – 13 January 1832) was an English genre painter of literary and folklore subjects, whose tragically short life yielded a remarkable body of work characterized by dramatic realism and meticulous detail. Despite debilitating physical ailments—asthma, spinal deformity resulting in scoliosis—and profound familial rejection—his father…